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president obama spending the christmas holidays in hawaii, but it's not all fun in the sun. still looming as i've just talked about is this large fiscal cliff as the deadline gets closer, and now there are reports surfacing that the president is looking to strike a partial deal that would extend tax cuts for the middle class while holding off on spending cuts. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the luxury of reporting live in honolulu, hawaii. ed it seems for the first time we might really go off the fiscal cliff which is something that you or so many of us in washington never believed would happen. >> reporter: you're right, kelly. i mean for the longest time there was an expectation in both parties there would be a lot of fighting but right up against the christmas holiday they would finally somehow work this out. that is traditionally what happens on capitol hill. this time as you say leaders in both parties now bracing for the real possibility that we will go off that fiscal cliff, and that tax increases will go across the board for everybody, basically, go bac
president obama spending the christmas holidays in hawaii, but it's not all fun in the sun. still looming as i've just talked about is this large fiscal cliff as the deadline gets closer, and now there are reports surfacing that the president is looking to strike a partial deal that would extend tax cuts for the middle class while holding off on spending cuts. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the luxury of reporting live in honolulu, hawaii. ed it seems for the first time we might...
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for months, obama-biden campaign's spending lots of money, and attempt to define him and an early part of the summer when voters aren't necessarily paying attention. to many, mitt romney did not respond aggressively. it was a big attempt to withhold his artillery until now. republicans believe the race begins at labor day. the rnc is a trigger switch. the definition of mitt romney on his terms, not how the democrats want to follow him. it begins this week and next with this convention in the run-up with it. lots of new records for romney-ryan. a new wall street journal talking about the lessons he learned at bain capital. he signaled that he is going to aggressively tout his business career as a weapon against barack obama. romney bertini says has never created a business and doesn't understand how to create jobs. this is the beginning of the romney-ryan aggressive pushback. there will be tens of millions of new ads from both outside groups and the campaign itself. as soon as the republican national convention ends. at that point on he will have access to the hundred and $80 million he
for months, obama-biden campaign's spending lots of money, and attempt to define him and an early part of the summer when voters aren't necessarily paying attention. to many, mitt romney did not respond aggressively. it was a big attempt to withhold his artillery until now. republicans believe the race begins at labor day. the rnc is a trigger switch. the definition of mitt romney on his terms, not how the democrats want to follow him. it begins this week and next with this convention in the...
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president obama spending his last wednesday before the election day in new jersey where he will meet with governor chris christie to tour the terrible damage remaining from this storm. the beaches of the jersey shore ravaged. homes flooded and destroyed. amusement park rides now parked in the atlantic ocean. at least six people were killed across the state. nearly three million people were without electricity at the peak of power outages on monday. governor christie plans to ask the president to assign the u.s. army corps of engineers to start working on rebuilding the state's beaches. jenna: we'll continue to watch that development. part of the story. meantime the president cancels another day of campaigning governor mitt romney is focusing on key battleground state of florida. this as we take a live look what is a rally in tampa. you see the stage sort of in the distance there. that is where former governor jeb bush will appear at any moment with mitt romney. the pair will travel to coral gables and jacksonville for two morallies later day. janice dean mentioned we are less than a
president obama spending his last wednesday before the election day in new jersey where he will meet with governor chris christie to tour the terrible damage remaining from this storm. the beaches of the jersey shore ravaged. homes flooded and destroyed. amusement park rides now parked in the atlantic ocean. at least six people were killed across the state. nearly three million people were without electricity at the peak of power outages on monday. governor christie plans to ask the president...
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see serious spending restraint and spending reform. julie talks about the clinton tax rates. maybe boehner should call obama's bluff, okay you want to go back to the clinton tax rates which means raising rate on highest earning. terrific we must go back to the clinton era spending levels. i don't think the president would go for that. >> all for it. you know what? that is a great negotiation starting point. you and i can agree on that the two of them can as well. jon: wow peace is breaking out all over. julie, monica. thank you both. jamie. jamie: they get along great. they just disagree. check this out. show you the video. there was a robber who completely picked the wrong store clerk to rob. there he is on the other side of the counter. the clerk traps him in the store and grab as beautiful shot of the bandit. the thing is authorities need your help identifying this guy. we'll show it to you again and ask for your help. that's coming up. >>> plus pretty serious stuff. iran is firing on a u.s. drone. just the latest foreign policy skirmish for the white house to deal with. w
see serious spending restraint and spending reform. julie talks about the clinton tax rates. maybe boehner should call obama's bluff, okay you want to go back to the clinton tax rates which means raising rate on highest earning. terrific we must go back to the clinton era spending levels. i don't think the president would go for that. >> all for it. you know what? that is a great negotiation starting point. you and i can agree on that the two of them can as well. jon: wow peace is...
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and as long as president obama's campaign is putting out campaign ads, spending money on ads trying to explain all of this. it is a win for romney. jon: the toothpaste is out of the tube as some might say. charlie hurt from the washington times. charlie, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: new information and new convictions as well in some shocking voter fraud trials n. one case a big time drug dealer describes how easy it is to buy votes. senior correspondent eric shawn is here with more. eric. >> reporter: drug dealers buying votes to steal elections. that's what's happened in one case in eastern kentucky where prosecutors say drug money funded voter fraud. in a separate vote buying case in another county one public official pled guilty yesterday and two others will be sentenced tomorrow. one candidate there told us that vote buying is as common as jaywalking. >> when it comes to vote buying, that's just an every day thing. >> reporter: michael swau year says he didn't start out to buy votes until he ran for city registrar. >> i didn't do anything like that until this time now i'm suf
and as long as president obama's campaign is putting out campaign ads, spending money on ads trying to explain all of this. it is a win for romney. jon: the toothpaste is out of the tube as some might say. charlie hurt from the washington times. charlie, thank you. >> thanks, jon. jenna: new information and new convictions as well in some shocking voter fraud trials n. one case a big time drug dealer describes how easy it is to buy votes. senior correspondent eric shawn is here with more....
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at this time the obama campaign is not spending very much money there. they're not advertising there. however what they are doing is registering voters which is something they did not do in arizona in 2008. so they're trying to make it more competitive and trying to get the romney campaign to spend money in arizona the we have yet to see if that is going to go anywhere. jon: one week ago today republicans were energized when the wisconsin recall failed to turn scott walker out of office. so if ron barrer -- barber wins in arizona and the polls seem to suggest that he might retain that seat for the democrats are democrats going to be energized in the same way? >> they will to some degree but it is a different case. this is a very special case and while they will be energized and maybe that would spark democrats to spend more money in arizona, it won't pack the same punch let's say as the wisconsin recall election did for republicans. jon: it's almost a preview for november because whoever wins this seat today is only going to serve out the remainder of he
at this time the obama campaign is not spending very much money there. they're not advertising there. however what they are doing is registering voters which is something they did not do in arizona in 2008. so they're trying to make it more competitive and trying to get the romney campaign to spend money in arizona the we have yet to see if that is going to go anywhere. jon: one week ago today republicans were energized when the wisconsin recall failed to turn scott walker out of office. so if...
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we'll spend hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a house that looks pretty much like it does now. jon: okay. >> that is the american way. jon: well, and i'm sure those who are on the receiving end of the advertising will like all of that money spent. take a look at the senate. there are three races you are particularly keyed in on. the first is in north dakota. tell us about it. >> well, north dakota is going to be for mitt romney, probablyly by about 60% to 40%, somewhere in that general vicinity. you would think that an open senate seat would automatically go to the republican but the latest poll has the democrat and republican essentially tied. our feeling is that in the end, romney's margin in north dakota will pull the republican across the finish line. he is congressman rick byrd, over the democrat, former attorney general heidi camp. i have to admit that is one worth watching. one very personal politics in north dakota, might, might, override party i.d.. jon: but that is one currently where you have a democratic senator who is retiring and that would be, net gain for the r
we'll spend hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a house that looks pretty much like it does now. jon: okay. >> that is the american way. jon: well, and i'm sure those who are on the receiving end of the advertising will like all of that money spent. take a look at the senate. there are three races you are particularly keyed in on. the first is in north dakota. tell us about it. >> well, north dakota is going to be for mitt romney, probablyly by about 60% to 40%, somewhere in...
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you hear much less about cutting government spending. to make matters worse, citizens sense government waste, congress, especially senate where most members are committee chairman or subcommittee chairman are inate bias against cutting government spending. this is tom schatz. >> they don't want to give up power, jurisdiction or the money. it is also a lot easier for members of congress to run back home and say i'm fixing this problem by spending money. i'm not fixing the problem by solving the problem, and providing the benefits that people need. >> reporter: cutting spending and attending to constituent needs are often very much in conflict, jenna. jenna: we heard a lot of different strategies, haven't we, doug, the ways to tackle the debt and deficit. is there any alternative that really exists besides cutting government waste and spending? >> reporter: one potential avenue they could take would be to actually fall off the fiscal cliff. that would necessarily make the difficult choices that congress and white house seem unwilling to ma
you hear much less about cutting government spending. to make matters worse, citizens sense government waste, congress, especially senate where most members are committee chairman or subcommittee chairman are inate bias against cutting government spending. this is tom schatz. >> they don't want to give up power, jurisdiction or the money. it is also a lot easier for members of congress to run back home and say i'm fixing this problem by spending money. i'm not fixing the problem by...
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he put a lot on the table in the summer of 2011 when it was john boehner again and obama, they almost got a grand bargain e. talked about raising the medicare eligibility age to 67 over a certain amount of time. making changes to cost of living. statements to soegt social security. right now there is nothing on the table. that was obama's opening bid. the republicans were miffed at him, they knew he wouldn't give them exactly what they'd accept. a few said they were inch superintendented like that. again you don't want to negotiate with yourself, you want to start over here and get in the middle to set up some type of deal. don't expect any deal until christmas at the earliest. >> reporter: let's go back to the tax cuts you're talking about. president obama wants to raise revenue by taxing those making $250,000 or more a year. it rises from 33% and 35% today to 36% and 39.6%, i believe. but that would only generate about 85 billion a year. according to the treasury department, the federal government spends that amount every eight 1/2 days. do you think that the point is purely politic
he put a lot on the table in the summer of 2011 when it was john boehner again and obama, they almost got a grand bargain e. talked about raising the medicare eligibility age to 67 over a certain amount of time. making changes to cost of living. statements to soegt social security. right now there is nothing on the table. that was obama's opening bid. the republicans were miffed at him, they knew he wouldn't give them exactly what they'd accept. a few said they were inch superintendented like...
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democrats are spending money in 1 different states, $8 million in florida, three million in ohio, of course, probably the two biggest battleground states, two million in colorado. what's the democrats' calculation here? >> well, they want to gain seats. you don't have to take control of one election, you could have a multielection plan for taking control of the house. so you want to at least work on reducing the margin of control for the opposition party. now, obviously, they've got to convince themselves they can take control in this election in order to raise that money, in order to get the troops enthused, and i'm sure they're doing that. it's just as i say from our analytic perspective we can't say how they're going to take control. we can see them gaining seats, though, single digit or low double digit. rick: we always hear so much about congress' approval ratings which are low, to say the least, that's an understatement, but i'm wondering what kind of role that plays, an unpopular congress in a presidential election cycle. what happens typically? >> i tell you, i think it matte
democrats are spending money in 1 different states, $8 million in florida, three million in ohio, of course, probably the two biggest battleground states, two million in colorado. what's the democrats' calculation here? >> well, they want to gain seats. you don't have to take control of one election, you could have a multielection plan for taking control of the house. so you want to at least work on reducing the margin of control for the opposition party. now, obviously, they've got to...
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if we have a very small ball debate where the romney campaign spends two days criticizing president obama for not having the following six meetings and what about the sentences he said, obama thinks he can ride that to a narrow but clear victory. i think he's probably right. so i think the key is to mange the big -- make the bigger arguments against president obama. jon: you were a big advocate for the candidate service of paul ryan -- candidacy of paul ryan before he became mitt romney's vice presidential choice. has he brought the kind of gravitas to the ticket and some of these issues to the fore that you were hoping for? >> yeah, i think so. look, in the two-and-a-half weeks after ryan was picked, the romney/ryan ticket narrowed the gap from about four points to one point. it's opened up again to close to four points because i think at the convention and afterwards the romney campaign has lapsed into a kind of pre-ryan campaign. i think ryan's clarity about the choice ahead is helpful, his criticism of the replacement rests this morning is extremely important, and they should win wisc
if we have a very small ball debate where the romney campaign spends two days criticizing president obama for not having the following six meetings and what about the sentences he said, obama thinks he can ride that to a narrow but clear victory. i think he's probably right. so i think the key is to mange the big -- make the bigger arguments against president obama. jon: you were a big advocate for the candidate service of paul ryan -- candidacy of paul ryan before he became mitt romney's vice...
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strong words from republican leadership after president obama's opening bid. the president wants $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and expanded powers for the president to raise the federal debt limit without getting any approval from congress. a senior house gop source calls the president's plan, quote, absurd. and provides a 6-point explanation to back it up. is the economy headed for that fiscal cliff? is all of this negotiating dead in the water? let's bring in our panel. monica crowley, radio talk show host and author of monomemo.com. jewelry roginsky former political advisor to senator frank lautenberg of new jersey. both fox news contributors. you say the president is not interested in compromise at all? >> no. i have just wrote a whole book about this called, what the bleep just happened. i traced first four years of his presidency. anytime he proposed a economic proposal or physical proposal it contained the exact same elements, which is tax hikes, more spending, not less, no entitlement reform and pushing up the debt l
strong words from republican leadership after president obama's opening bid. the president wants $1.6 trillion in new taxes, $50 billion in new stimulus spending, and expanded powers for the president to raise the federal debt limit without getting any approval from congress. a senior house gop source calls the president's plan, quote, absurd. and provides a 6-point explanation to back it up. is the economy headed for that fiscal cliff? is all of this negotiating dead in the water? let's bring...
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obama's economic plan is viewed unfavorably by 50% of those polled. compared with 47% for governor romney's plan. so let's get into a debate here. mary cat lynn ham -- katherine ham with "the daily caller". and juan williams, a fox news political analyst. juan, the question all this raises is, has the president lost the confidence of the middle class? >> not by a large margin. as you saw in the poll numbers, the american people are worried about the economy and have anxieties about their own standing their job, their pension plans, what is going on with the european debt crisis. everybody is a little nervous about the economy. the question is how can the president distance himself from mitt romney? mitt romney has been climbing, jon, in terms of the perception that he is the one that can handle economic issues and do so better than barack obama. in this speech that he will give thursday at cuyahoga community college in cleveland he has got to make the case that he is about retraining. that is why he is going to a community college. he is about educati
obama's economic plan is viewed unfavorably by 50% of those polled. compared with 47% for governor romney's plan. so let's get into a debate here. mary cat lynn ham -- katherine ham with "the daily caller". and juan williams, a fox news political analyst. juan, the question all this raises is, has the president lost the confidence of the middle class? >> not by a large margin. as you saw in the poll numbers, the american people are worried about the economy and have anxieties...
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where obama's referring to is the fact that romney had said before that we shouldn't move heaven and earth and spend all this money to go after one person, so that's what they're using to make that claim. i just think that this is unnecessary. i do find it kind of unseemly. it's taking something -- i don't think that it's sacred, i think it's fine to bring it up in the context of the campaign, remind people that he killed -- osama bin laden. we know he was responsible for the killing, and it's now invited these attack on him by navy seals, you know, which i think are going to be problematic for him. >> yeah, i think that's right. you can't get any more credit than you've already gotten for killing bin laden. it's in everyone's consciousness. i think it's a shame because these are important questions, but it's way, way down on the list of voters' concerns, so the jobs number today will have much more -- even though this is the debate about bin lad season and whether the ad's appropriate, the jobs number is much more meaningful to the election, ultimately, and much more meaningful to p
where obama's referring to is the fact that romney had said before that we shouldn't move heaven and earth and spend all this money to go after one person, so that's what they're using to make that claim. i just think that this is unnecessary. i do find it kind of unseemly. it's taking something -- i don't think that it's sacred, i think it's fine to bring it up in the context of the campaign, remind people that he killed -- osama bin laden. we know he was responsible for the killing, and it's...
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jon: as the clock ticks toward that many looking fiscal cliff president obama is taking his case to small business owners from across the country, meeting with more than a dozen at the white house, looking to avoid a year-end tax hikes and spending cuts. republican leaders will meet with a bipartisan group of former members of congress as list leaders as well as both sides hold the line on taxes. >> i'm willing to put revenue on the table to pay down debt and create a better economy but my democratic friends have to reform entitlements. what will make us greece is not raising taxes. what will make us greece is not fixing medicare, medicaid and social security. jon: white house press secretary jay carney says president obama will not give on extending current tax rates on wealthy americans. on entitlements carney says the president is open to changes except when it comes to social security. >> the president has long made clear that he is open to discussions about strengthening social security as part of a separate track. jon: so is the u.s. economy heading for a plunge over the fiscal clif
jon: as the clock ticks toward that many looking fiscal cliff president obama is taking his case to small business owners from across the country, meeting with more than a dozen at the white house, looking to avoid a year-end tax hikes and spending cuts. republican leaders will meet with a bipartisan group of former members of congress as list leaders as well as both sides hold the line on taxes. >> i'm willing to put revenue on the table to pay down debt and create a better economy but...
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has pushed everything from health care to stimulus spending. those are not the policies that republicans espouse. what we're trying to do is give businesses the incentive to hire again,o give them some stability to think about, it's okay to start hiring workers again, torow this economy. so that people can put food back on e ble. jon: christopher, you know, -- >> and republican --. jon: well the -- >> republican answer to that is go back to theush policies that created this mess. i mean i think, i tnk ed -- >> there you go. >> right on the money the campaign did we clean the mess up fast enough? jon: but, you are talking about the 4.1 million jobs created that the president often cites. you need to create 130,000 job as month just to keepp with population growth. that is not exactly a stellar number there, 4.1 million over three years. >> nobody is saying that this is perfect right now but it is moving in the right direction. remember what we inherited. an economy that was bleeding 600 to 800,000 jobs per month. a stock market that was trashed.
has pushed everything from health care to stimulus spending. those are not the policies that republicans espouse. what we're trying to do is give businesses the incentive to hire again,o give them some stability to think about, it's okay to start hiring workers again, torow this economy. so that people can put food back on e ble. jon: christopher, you know, -- >> and republican --. jon: well the -- >> republican answer to that is go back to theush policies that created this mess. i...